Q: When is a top-floor flat not a top-floor flat? A: When a developer wants to build a floor on top of it... says Katrine Sporle, The Property Ombudsman.

"Imagine, says Adam Walker, that you owned a Michelin-starred restaurant that served delicious food at £100 per head and a new McDonald’s (other brands are available) opened opposite you?"

The looming demise of tenant fees is not your only problem, says Adam Walker, it’s time to look at the effect of long term tenancies and landlord fees.

"Take great care with the formalities in ending a tenancy, misunderstandings can be very expensive", says Katrine Sporle, The Property Ombudsman.

When an agency agreement is agreed and signed, you really must not alter the fee! says Katrine Sporle, The Property Ombudsman

Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their local market. This month we meet members of The Guild of Property Professionals in Yorkshire, Cornwall…

An Englishman’s home is his castle… so, says Frances Burkinshaw, are property visits necessary or just an intrusion into tenants’ lives?

Rents across the UK continue to rise, as HomeLet research reveals, though the pace of rental price inflation has slowed considerably.

The average rent in the UK rose by 1.1% in July compared to a year ago, HomeLet’s latest research shows, the first rise in three months.

UK rents rose in November, HomeLet’s latest data shows, but rental price inflation continued to slow across much of the country.